Directly Allocated Capital Expenditure

Susan Hall: Please give a breakdown of the GLA’s Directly Allocated Capital Expenditure for each London borough for each year since 2016?

The Mayor: It is assumed that “Directly Allocated Capital Expenditure” refers to the London Assembly Research Unit 2019 definition of incorporating only funding programmes which have been identified in the Mayor’s Strategies, Action and Implementations Plans.
The GLA does not have this information readily available. Any data produced would be highly subjective without extensive context, and any conclusions drawn from the data on face value alone are likely to be incomplete. Further, most GLA capital spending relates to GLA-owned assets whose location is largely a result of decisions taken by predecessor bodies.
Officers will consider in due course how such information can meaningfully be gatheredto draw appropriate conclusions and whether undertaking the detailed work required would provide value for money.